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Home My WebLink AboutIR 7489 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7T8_9 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council September 25, 1990 Subject: DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION CONCERNING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 On September 4, 1990, the City Council approved M&C 6-8790 which set September 25, 1990 as the date for a public hearing to consider the proposed budget and plan of services for Fort Worth Improvement District No. 1 for fiscal year 1990-91 . Recommendation 2 of that M&C directed the City Manager to prepare certain documents and information, and to file the same with the City Secretary as provided in Chapter 372 of the Local Government Code. The following documents and information are hereby submitted: 1 . The general nature of the proposed improvements and services to be provided by the district shall include: (a) A maintenance and landscaping program consisting of supplemental street sweeping, sidewalk cleaning, bus shelter cleaning, planting and landscape maintenance, streetscape improvements and trash receptacle pickup; (b) A promotions program consisting of recreational and cultural enhancements and activities; a promotional program; and the staging or monitoring of special recreational and cultural events; (c) A marketing program consisting of an advertising and marketing campaign to promote the use of the District to three target populations (primarily) , downtown workers, visitors, and Fort Worth and Tarrant County residents; (d) A security program consisting of additional police services, a public relations crime prevention campaign, a private security force coordination campaign, a parking garage and parking lot security program, and a park security program; (e) A transportation and _gar k i_qq_procLraq1 consisting of a campaign to promote FWTA bus service and ridesharing; the development of a plan concerning better utilization of short-term parking facilities; and the improvement of traffic signs; (f) A ma�ment �_ERgram to PT-OVide for the establishment, administration, management, and operation of the District. - ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7489 P.2 Ot I 0 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council September 25, 1990 V, Subject: DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION CONCERNING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. I The proposed improvements and/or services would be a supplement to the standard existing level of city improvements and/or services and would constitute an added increment to the improvements arid/or services normally provided to the taxpayers generally. The City would continue to furnish or pay for standard improve- ments and/or services in the district at the same level as they would be provided to the taxpayers generally. 2. A preliminary estimate of the cost of the improvements and/or services of the district during fiscal year 1990-1991 is: TO BE TOTAL ASSESSED COST 1990-91 FY (a) A maintenance and $425,912 $ 328,828 landscaping program (b) A promotions program 85,000 48,000 (c) A marketing program 53,000 53,000 (d) A security program 21 ,000 21 ,000 (e) A transportation & 4,005 4Y005 parking program (f) A management program 152,760 142,_760 TOTALS 741 ,677 597,593- Note 1. The additional $144,084 in revenue will come from a contract with the city for payment in lieu of services which the District will provide ($82,084) , a contract with the Fort Worth Transit Authority for bus shelter cleaning ($15,000) , revenue from District events ($11 ,000) , interest earnings ($10,000) , and the use of contingency funds (26,000) . 3. The boundaries of the improvement district are: The area bounded by Jones St. on the eac;t; Lancaster Ave. on the South; Texas St- , Macon Sit . , Fourth St . , Bur-nett St . , Belknap 'St. and Taylot- St. on the west; and the Trinity River and the east 100 and east 200 blocks of Bluff Street on -ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No 7489 P-3 September 25, 1990 To the Mayor and Members of the city Council Subject: DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION CONCERNING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT a t3 DISTRICT NO. I the north. Such area is more particularly shown on a map which is attached hereto, marked Exhibit A, and made a part hereof by reference. 4. The method of assessment is: (a) A service plan was approved and adopted by the City Council on September 5, 1989 for a period of not less than five years. The plan shall be reviewed and updated annually by the City Council to determine the annual budget for improvements and/or services within the district. (b) The cost of an improvement and/or special service will be assessed against real property within the District according to the value of the property, including improvements, as determined annually by the City Council . (c) The City Council Resolution of September 5, 1989, which authorized establishment of the District contains a provision which states that during the five-year term of the District, the annual assessments against real property in the District would not exceed an amount equal to 8.5 cents per $100 of the value of such property as determined by the City Council , including the value of structures or other improvements. (5) The apportionment of costs between the improvement district and the city as a whole shall be: (a) All of the cost of an improvement and/or service shall be paid by either: ( 1 ) Special assessments against real property and structures or other improvements thereon in the district; (2) Contractual agreemetits with the City; or , (3) Revenues from district activities. - ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7489 p.4 "^Pr4o'. 'fOR21 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council September 25 , 1990 0" t X Do)�- Subject: DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION CONCERNING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 (b) The City of Fort Worth shall be responsible for the payment of assessments on exempt, city-owned real property and structures or other improvements thereon in -the district. The payment of assessments on property owned by other exempt jurisdictions could be established by contract. (c) The City Council of the City of Fort Worth will be authorized to establish by ordinance reasonable classifications and formulas for the apportionment of costs between the City and the property to be assessed and to establish the methods for assessing special benefits for various classes of improvements and/or services. (d) The City as a whole will continue to provide standard improvements and services to the district at the same level as they are provided to the taxpayers generally. (6) The probable maximum benefits to be conferred on each tract in the district because of the improvements and/or services shall be greater than the amount of the assessment against such tract and the owners thereof. (7) The City Council Resolution of September 5, 1989, authorizing establishment of the district provides that the District will exist for five years immediately following adoption of such Resolution unless property owners in the District petition the City Council for re-establishment of the District, or unless the District is sooner terminated as provided by law. The original of this report was iled with the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth an September 12, 1990. Please contact me if further information is desired. Respectf lly ubmitted v David lvo y City Manager ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS EXHIBIT A cl- IL c L r-% L. n c. cy. ,tea 3 11111 111".0 so'*@ %J 10 DAL It as C A ell, ► ,roll, fl.44- 944 UP-A � .� �+•, � 114{� _ t TEXAS LIM i s 44m Yj &.mI C* A, SZ�,nfaxn IFT. rtxlvjxtK Inc LANCASTER 1kO CALE ,10 Fort Worth Improvement 100 Ow District No. I Boundaries Fringe Area Core Area